What’s an anagram?
An anagram is a word or phrase that you spell by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. The only rule is that all the letters from the original word need to be used for the new word.
For example:
Cat – act
Are – ear
Meal for one – for me alone
Schoolmaster - the classroom
Why are anagrams useful for kids to learn?
Students who work on anagrams learn spelling and spelling patterns of words.
Some common anagram words
Here’s a list of common anagrams that you can review with your child:
act - cat
aide - idea
are - ear
arm - ram
beak - bake
below - elbow
best - bets
binary - brainy
blow - bowl
brag - grab
cafe - face
car - arc
care - race
charm - March
chin - inch
cried - cider
desserts - stressed
diary - dairy
earth - heart
fast - fats
fired - fried
flow - wolf
grab - brag
glean - angel
heater - reheat
iced - dice
impart - armpit
keen - knee
lamp - palm
limped - dimple
listen - silent
meat - team
meteor - remote
nap - pan
night - thing
note - tone
ours - sour
pat - tap
pear - reap
rat - tar
robed - bored
sink - skin
slip - lips
snails - nails
spots - stops
study - dusty
tan - ant
taste - state
thicken - kitchen
thing - night
top - pot
vase - save
votes - stove
wand - dawn
waits - waist
was - saw
who - how
won - now
wrap - warp
yap – pay
Some common anagram phrases
These common anagrams phrases are fun to learn:
a decimal point - I’m a dot in place
a gentleman - elegant man
an aisle – is a lane
anagram - nag a ram
astronomer - moon starer
coins kept - in pockets
conversation - voices rant on
debit card - bad credit
dormitory - dirty room
hot water - worth tea
meal for one - for me alone
mummy - my mum
older and wiser - I learned words
restaurant – runs a treat
schoolmaster - the classroom
signature - a true sign
slot machines - cash lost in 'em
Statue of Liberty – built to stay free
sweep the floor - too few helpers
the countryside - no city dust here
the detectives - detect thieves
the eyes - they see
the Morse Code – here come dots
the public art galleries – large picture halls, I bet
Valentine poem – pen mate in love
vacation time - I am not active
video game - give a demo
young lady - an old guy
